Pacers coach Frank Vogel may be finding that out the hard way after referring to the Heat as just another team Saturday night upon beating the Knicks and earning a chance to knock out the defending champs in the Eastern Conference Finals which start on Wednesday. After LeBron James voiced his displeasure about that remark on Sunday, Vogel clarified those remarks on Monday.

“Sorry sports world, the words ‘just another team’ never came out of my mouth. Great respect for LBJ and the champs. Looking forward to [a] great series,” he told NBA.com.

In the press conference Vogel’s exact words were, “We are competing for a championship. And [the Heat] are just the next team that is in our way, and that is how we are approaching it.”

On Sunday, LeBron James took exception to those comments.

“We’re not just another team. I don’t understand what he’s saying. But we’re not just another team. That’s not true. He said we’re just another team in their way. We’re a great team. If we’re just another team, you really don’t prepare for just another team. You have to prepare for us,” James said Sunday.

The Heat easily had the best record in the NBA during the regular season at 66-16, which included a 27-game winning streak, and have rolled to the Conference Finals only dropping one game. But the Pacers won two of three during the season series.

Last year, the two teams met in the Eastern Conference Semifinals with the Pacers taking a 2-1 series lead before the Heat won the next three, to win the series, and Vogel also made headlines claiming the Heat were floppers and got fined $15,000 in the process.